diff --git a/daemon/rtpengine.pod b/daemon/rtpengine.pod
index e9ee6bfa5..219af9bb0 100644
--- a/daemon/rtpengine.pod
+++ b/daemon/rtpengine.pod
@@ -244,6 +244,11 @@ Write SRTP keys to error log instead of debug log.
 Log to stderr instead of syslog.
 Only useful in combination with B<--foreground>.
 
+=item B<-E>, B<--no-log-timestamps>
+
+Don't add timestamps to log lines written to stderr.
+Only useful in combination with B<--log-stderr>.
+
 =item B<--num-threads=>I<INT>
 
 How many worker threads to create, must be at least one.
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.service b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.service
index 117eda514..2f4a0e8a2 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.service
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.service
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Type=notify
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon
 PIDFile=/run/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.pid
 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/ngcp-rtpengine-iptables-setup start
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rtpengine -f -E --pidfile /run/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.pid --config-file /etc/rtpengine/rtpengine.conf --table $TABLE
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rtpengine -f -E --no-log-timestamps --pidfile /run/ngcp-rtpengine-daemon.pid --config-file /etc/rtpengine/rtpengine.conf --table $TABLE
 ExecStopPost=/usr/sbin/ngcp-rtpengine-iptables-setup stop
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service
index 3caa60acb..f7746df8a 100644
--- a/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service
+++ b/debian/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.service
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Requires=ngcp-rtpengine-recording-nfs-mount.service
 [Service]
 Type=notify
 PIDFile=/run/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.pid
-ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rtpengine-recording -f -E --pidfile /run/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.pid --config-file /etc/rtpengine/rtpengine-recording.conf
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rtpengine-recording -f -E --no-log-timestamps --pidfile /run/ngcp-rtpengine-recording-daemon.pid --config-file /etc/rtpengine/rtpengine-recording.conf
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/lib/auxlib.c b/lib/auxlib.c
index 52046cfe0..d72e2fb79 100644
--- a/lib/auxlib.c
+++ b/lib/auxlib.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ void config_load(int *argc, char ***argv, GOptionEntry *app_entries, const char
 		{ "log-facility",	0,   0,	G_OPTION_ARG_STRING,	&rtpe_common_config_ptr->log_facility,	"Syslog facility to use for logging",	"daemon|local0|...|local7"},
 		{ "log-level",		'L', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT,	(void *)&rtpe_common_config_ptr->log_level,"Mask log priorities above this level","INT"		},
 		{ "log-stderr",		'E', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&rtpe_common_config_ptr->log_stderr,	"Log on stderr instead of syslog",	NULL		},
+		{ "no-log-timestamps",	0,   0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&rtpe_common_config_ptr->no_log_timestamps,"Drop timestamps from log lines to stderr",NULL	},
 		{ "pidfile",		'p', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME,	&rtpe_common_config_ptr->pidfile,	"Write PID to file",			"FILE"		},
 		{ "foreground",		'f', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,	&rtpe_common_config_ptr->foreground,	"Don't fork to background",		NULL		},
 		{ NULL, }
diff --git a/lib/auxlib.h b/lib/auxlib.h
index 637464ab8..b0d44988c 100644
--- a/lib/auxlib.h
+++ b/lib/auxlib.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ struct rtpengine_common_config {
 	char *log_facility;
 	volatile int log_level;
 	int log_stderr;
+	int no_log_timestamps;
 	char *pidfile;
 	int foreground;
 };
diff --git a/lib/loglib.c b/lib/loglib.c
index 2837567e9..6f1e5d1e3 100644
--- a/lib/loglib.c
+++ b/lib/loglib.c
@@ -90,10 +90,14 @@ static void vlog_to_stderr(int facility_priority, const char *format, va_list ap
 		return;
 	}
 
-	gettimeofday(&tv_now, NULL);
+	if (rtpe_common_config_ptr->no_log_timestamps)
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg);
+	else {
+		gettimeofday(&tv_now, NULL);
 
-	fprintf(stderr, "[%lu.%06lu] %s\n", (unsigned long) tv_now.tv_sec,
-			(unsigned long) tv_now.tv_usec, msg);
+		fprintf(stderr, "[%lu.%06lu] %s\n", (unsigned long) tv_now.tv_sec,
+				(unsigned long) tv_now.tv_usec, msg);
+	}
 
 	free(msg);
 }